Librarian

is having lunch with other librarians today.



I'm doing 25 things
 

Librarian's Life List

  1. 1. empty the old house and sell it
    3 entries . 36 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. stick to a budget
    3 entries . 35 cheers
    861 people
  3. 3. make my study a sacred, creative space
    2 entries . 69 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. remodel my bathroom
    2 entries . 13 cheers
    131 people
  5. 5. lose 25 pounds
    8 entries . 15 cheers
    1,193 people
  6. 6. landscape the garden
    4 entries . 23 cheers
    33 people
  7. 7. visit the cabin once a month
    2 entries . 18 cheers
    1 person
  8. 8. engage in professional activities as a librarian
    5 entries . 18 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. Do NaNoWriMo
    2 entries . 44 cheers
    462 people
  10. 10. make my bedroom a peaceful place
    2 entries . 27 cheers
    2 people
  11. 11. Make 2008 my best year yet
    6 entries . 24 cheers
    154 people
  12. 12. do fewer things, more passionately
    29 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. do first things first
    12 entries . 19 cheers
    39 people
  14. 14. work through the emotional, mental, and spiritual issues that keep me from getting things done in the physical world
    4 entries . 24 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. have nothing in my house that I do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful
    5 entries . 124 cheers
    18 people
  16. 16. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
    21 team members . 7 entries . 43 cheers
    56 people
  17. 17. Follow the "Four Day Win" plan, noting my thoughts and experiences as I go.
    5 team members . 7 entries . 8 cheers
    8 people
  18. 18. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    120 entries . 24 cheers
    489 people
  19. 19. practice yoga daily
    2 entries . 26 cheers
    273 people
  20. 20. work my way through "The Not So Big Life" by Sarah Susanka
    2 entries . 9 cheers
    2 people
  21. 21. help my friend with a renal diet
    4 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. try Foodsville with other food-loving 43Ters
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. become a locavore
    5 entries . 10 cheers
    5 people
  24. 24. send extra special supportive school mojo to KnittinMama
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. List all things I did well today!
    11 entries . 5 cheers
    13 people
Recent entries
Make 2008 my best year yet (read all 6 entries…)
This week 1 day ago
G1. Empty the old house and sell it
  • vacuum the main house
G5. Lose 25 pounds
  • make chicken stock
  • make chicken and noodle-style dumplings
  • eat asparagus
  • go to Farmers Markets on Saturday
  • plan to eat my haul from the Farmers Markets
  • do something that resembles exercise each day
  • shop at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, grocery
G6. Landscaping
  • plant mints
  • plant thyme
  • plant sage
Other stuff
  • request an ILL book from KPL
  • have R call K’s—Mother’s Day?
  • truck appointment
  • call HVAC company for inspection
  • bank
  • bread for B
  • cartooning class info to B
  • clear Yahoo In Box, Gmail In Box, backpack
  • Chautauqua meeting Monday

Make 2008 my best year yet (read all 6 entries…)
Goals for Beltane (May 1) to the Summer Solstice 1 day ago
G1. Empty the old house and sell it
Goal: call the real estate agent
Things to do before I can make that call:
  • clean the loft bath
  • clean the half bath
  • vacuum everywhere
  • get rid of the trap
  • get rid of the trike
  • clean and move the rug
  • get rid of the instruments
G5: Lose 25 pounds
Goal: get below the big round number that I’m heading for (about 2 pounds away)
Things that might help:
  • eat lots of locally-grown asparagus, greens, strawberries, and rhubarb
  • make several entirely local meals
  • grow my own sprouts
  • re-form my daily exercise habit
G6: landscaping
  • plant everything (mostly herbs and veggies)
  • keep it weeded and watered
  • organize the materials from my landscaping class
  • design the top of the driveway
  • plant three trees
G7: cabin
Spend a day there and:
  • clean
  • bring home the keyboard to give away with other instruments
G8: librarian stuff
  • 5-16 meeting
  • write report for 5-30 meeting
  • 5-30 meeting
  • contact all of our speakers and let them know how things are going
Other things
  • Mother’s Day at K’s?
  • another day at K’s?
  • celebrate my birthday with R
  • celebrate my birthday with my brother
  • start cartooning class
Community things
  • Chautauqua
  • Meacham Park Neighborhood parade
  • CFUH book club

My other goals are on hold until the old house is emptied.


become a locavore (read all 5 entries…)
Locavore Reading 4 days ago

In recent weeks, I read:
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
_Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
_Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

The first lays out the argument for why you might want to eat more local foods—for environmental and, even more, for health reasons. The second are two very different attempts to eat more locally.

Plenty is by a young couple living in an apartment in Vancouver and attempting to eat only food (including all ingredients) within 100 miles for one year. They struggle.

AVM is about a family with a bit of land and some background in producing both vegetables and meat. They also set less strict rules for themselves, wanting only to eat local produce and meat for one year.

It’s kind of fun to read them back to back because most of us would be kind of in the middle in terms of resources for pursuing such a project. Both are well-written, but, of course, the Kingsolver book is beautiful.


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